Abstract: A mounting bracket for use in installing beam-like channel members under ceilings and the like. The bracket includes a substantially rectangular base having four perpendicularly bent sidepieces. The mounting bracket is fastened to an existing ceiling by means of a screw running through an opening in the upper perpendicularly bent sidepiece and fastened to a flap of the mounting bracket by means of a clasp nut and a counter nut around the flap, which extends perpendicularly from the base and has an opening for passing through the screw thread. The other perpendicularly bent sidepieces are provided with substantially 8-shaped openings for releasable receipt of screw heads of wood screws screwed into wooden sheets in such a manner that they extend slightly from the surfaces of the wooden sheets.